“At Long Last: The US Navy Welcomes USS Augusta LCS 34, a Mighty Littoral Combat Ship”
T?? U.S. N?v? ?cc??t?? ??liv??? ?? t?? ??t??? USS A???st? (LCS 34) ?t A?st?l USA in M??il?, Al???m?, M?? 12. USS A???st? is t?? s?c?n? s?i? n?m?? in ??n?? ?? t?? cit? ?? A???st?, M?in?. USS A???st? (LCS-34) is ? ?l?nn?? In????n??nc?-cl?ss litt???l c?m??t s?i? ?? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. S?? will ?? t?? s?c?n? s?i? t? ?? n?m?? ??? A???st?, M?in?. In M??c?, A???st? c?m?l?t?? ?cc??t?nc? t?i?ls, t?? l?st si?ni?ic?nt mil?st?n? ?????? ? v?ss?l is ??liv???? t? t?? N?v?. T?? s?i? is sc????l?? t? ?? c?mmissi?n?? in t?? ??ll ?? 2023. A?t?? c?mmissi?nin?, t?? s?i? will ?? ??m????t?? in S?n Di???, C?li???ni?.
“T?? ??liv??? ?? t?? ??t??? USS A???st? m??ks ? n?t?w??t?? mil?st?n? in t?? li?? ?? t?is s?i? ?n? ?????s ? ????t c?nn?cti?n t? t?? citiz?ns ?? M?in?, ? st?t? wit? ? l?n? ?ist??? ?? s?i???il?in?,” s?i? LCS ??????m m?n????, C??t. An?? G?l?. “I l??k ???w??? t? s??in? t?? ??t??? USS A???st? ?n? ??? s?il??s ??in? c?itic?l c????ilit? t? t?? ?l??t.”
A?st?l L??nc??s 17t? In????n??nc?-v??i?nt Litt???l C?m??t S?i? USS A???st? (LCS 34)In????n??nc?-v??i?nt Litt???l C?m??t S?i? USS A???st? (LCS 34).A???st? is t?? s?c?n? LCS ??liv???? in Fisc?l Y??? 2023, ??ll?wіп? t?? F?????m-v??i?nt USS M??in?tt? (LCS 25) in F???????. T?? In????n??nc? cl?ss is ? cl?ss ?? litt???l c?m??t s?i?s ??ilt ??? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?.Tw? ???iti?n?l In????n??nc?-v??i?nt Litt???l C?m??t S?i?s ??? c????ntl? ??in? c?nst??ct?? ?t A?st?l USA, incl??in? t?? ??c?ntl? l??nc??? Kin?svill? (LCS 36) ?n? Pi???? (LCS 38). S?? will ?? t?? s?c?n? s?i? t? ?? n?m?? ??? A???st?, M?in?. Ex-USS A???st? (SSN 710), t?? ?i?st s?i? n?m?? ??t?? t?? c??it?l ?? M?in?, w?s ? L?s An??l?s-cl?ss ??st ?tt?ck s??m??in? in ?ctiv? s??vic? ??? 24 ????s ?n? w?s ??c?mmissi?n?? ?n F??????? 11, 2009.
T?? ??ll ??si?n ?v?lv?? ???m ? ???j?ct ?t A?st?l t? ??si?n ? ?i?? s????, 40-kn?t-c??is? s?i?. T??t ??ll ??si?n ?v?lv?? int? t?? ?i??-s???? t?im???n ????? HSC B?nc?iji??? Ex???ss ?n? t?? In????n??nc? cl?ss w?s t??n ?????s?? ?? G?n???l D?n?mics ?n? A?st?l ?s ? c?nt?n??? ??? N?v? ?l?ns t? ??il? ? ?l??t ?? sm?ll??, ??il?, m?lti?????s? w??s?i?s t? ?????t? n???s???? in t?? litt???l z?n?. T?? Litt???l C?m??t S?i? is ? ??st, ??il?, missi?n-??c?s?? ?l?t???m ??si?n?? t? ?????t? in n???-s???? ?nvi??nm?nts, w?il? c????l? ?? ???n-?c??n t?skin? ?n? winnin? ???inst 21st-c?nt??? c??st?l t????ts s?c? ?s min?s ?n? sw??min? sm?ll c???t.
